Removing existing common names that are deemed confusing

[jgw_atx]

This is a problem with other arthropod groups too, like spiders. Similar to “Little Black Ant” or “Common House Fly” there are many overly-vague common names that cause a lot of confusion because observers will (apparently) use descriptive terms in the ID box. Names like “Brown House Spider,” even if it is arguably a valid common name somewhere, just add confusion as there are hundreds of brown-ish spider species found in houses around the world. So it’s up to the handful of identifiers to constantly monitor lists of these taxa and patiently correct a never-ending stream of these observations. It’s just one more thing that makes identifying these groups on iNat very frustrating. The majority of observers don’t seem to really care, anyway. This is mostly an issue for taxonomic experts/enthusiasts (identifiers), and folks here will be happy to remind you that trying to maintain an accurate data set is not the point of iNat. I mostly stopped IDing and am enjoying the site a lot more now :)